The 2016 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is one of the biggest sporting events in Hong Kong and the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series 2015-16. Taking place at Hong Kong Stadium, it will see the world’s best teams compete for the coveted title. Fiji were champions in 2015.

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Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2016

The 2016 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens is one of the biggest sporting events in Hong Kong and the premier tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series 2015-16. Taking place at Hong Kong Stadium, it will see the world’s best teams compete for the coveted title. Fiji were champions in 2015.

Years of meticulous planning and traversing the globe winning back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Series titles had coach Ben Ryan prepared for just about anything when he revealed his Fiji squad for the Olympics.

Years of meticulous planning and traversing the globe winning back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Series titles had coach Ben Ryan prepared for just about anything when he revealed his Fiji squad for the Olympics.

Wallabies winger Nick Cummins’ hopes of landing a spot in the Australia squad for the Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament are in jeopardy after he was omitted from a key training camp in Darwin due to a knee injury.

Wallabies winger Nick Cummins’ hopes of landing a spot in the Australia squad for the Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament are in jeopardy after he was omitted from a key training camp in Darwin due to a knee injury.

A lot of the pre-Hong Kong Sevens hype last month focused on one man: New Zealand’s Sonny Bill Williams. A World Cup winner in 15s with the All Blacks, a star too in rugby league (and a half-decent heavyweight boxer just for good measure), it was a mouth-watering opportunity to see him in the flesh.

A lot of the pre-Hong Kong Sevens hype last month focused on one man: New Zealand’s Sonny Bill Williams. A World Cup winner in 15s with the All Blacks, a star too in rugby league (and a half-decent heavyweight boxer just for good measure), it was a mouth-watering opportunity to see him in the flesh.

A popular pastime in Hong Kong is to look at Singapore and, like anxious schoolboys, compare our parts with theirs. So with Singapore hosting a leg of the World Sevens Series, how might this affect the Hong Kong Sevens, the competition’s flagship?

A popular pastime in Hong Kong is to look at Singapore and, like anxious schoolboys, compare our parts with theirs. So with Singapore hosting a leg of the World Sevens Series, how might this affect the Hong Kong Sevens, the competition’s flagship?

Traditional dancers greeted Kenya’s winning rugby sevens team Tuesday when they landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, as the country celebrated its first victory on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Traditional dancers greeted Kenya’s winning rugby sevens team Tuesday when they landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, as the country celebrated its first victory on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Big-hearted Sonny Bill Williams has done it again – this time at the Hong Kong Sevens. The New Zealand star has given away his Sevens World Series runners-up trophy to a young fan, just like he did with his winners' gold medal after the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham last year.

Big-hearted Sonny Bill Williams has done it again – this time at the Hong Kong Sevens. The New Zealand star has given away his Sevens World Series runners-up trophy to a young fan, just like he did with his winners' gold medal after the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham last year.

A Hong Kong team who have so often seen their moment come and go at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens finally landed a blow of some substance on Saturday night, shocking Spain 12-7 in extra time in a pulsating quarter-final.

A Hong Kong team who have so often seen their moment come and go at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens finally landed a blow of some substance on Saturday night, shocking Spain 12-7 in extra time in a pulsating quarter-final.